Improving transport is at the heart of our plans to build a Northern Powerhouse. It helps connect our great Northern towns and cities, creates jobs, and leads to faster and better journeys – all making the North a better place to live and work.

That’s why we have committed to investing a record £13 billion on transport in the North over this Parliament.

What we are doing

Smart ticketing

We are investing £150 million for a smart ticketing system for public transport across the North.

The first Road Investment Strategy (2015 – 2020) commits £2.9bn of strategic road improvements across the North. At the Autumn Statement 2016, we announced that the second Road Investment Strategy (2020 – 2025) will include improvements to the M60 North West quadrant and the dualling of the A66.

Superfast broadband is now available to nine out of 10 homes and businesses across the country, and over 750,000 properties across the Northern Powerhouse now have superfast access as a result of the government’s broadband rollout programme.